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Ubuntu Linux vs. Mac OS X
An anonymous reader writes "An article on InformationWeek pits an Apple user against an Ubuntu Linux user (although he talks about other distros as well) as to which OS makes a better desktop operating system. As might be expected, the conclusion seems to be "different strokes for different folks," but it's interesting to see Microsoft cut (mostly) out of the equation."
i'm on a mac, and not using firefox... not using adblock... nothing.
and by page 2 i was so furious with having to close each fucking float-in ad that i gave up on reading the article...
guess ill just go back to work now... on my g5 desktop, macbook pro laptop runnng vista... firewall server running openbsd and the rest of my computers running gentoo linux...
oh, and fuck zealotry. right tool for the right job. sometimes the right tool costs a bit more money. deal with it.
Yeah, well I wasn't talking about the 15", was I? AFAICS The only 17" Dell portable you can get with the Santa Rosa chipset is the Vostro 1700, and have fun with no DVI port and that plastic piece of crap case. You guys can go on digging through the Dell discount bin looking for a polished turds all day long for all I care, but at the end of the day, the fact of the matter is that Apple hardware isn't so much more expensive than "high quality" comparable alternatives. You should just accept that and move along, this whole "Apple is stratospherically expensive" line of bunk is old and tired.
I just did and my result was $2914 or a difference of $15 in favor of the Apple. You are a liar.
The interesting question is not why you'd lie about something so petty but why you'd choose to compare the MBP to the M90 at all. The M90 is, after all, a workstation-replacement portable with Quadro graphics. It is expected to be more expensive. A much more reasonable comparison would be an Inspiron notebook but you couldn't do that because the Dell would be cheaper.
I'm also interested to know why you would choose a 17" WUXGA version to compare since Apple has only began offering that recently whereas Dell has offered it for many years. Just a few months ago Apple would tell you that such a configuration was of no value and zealots like you would ignore such an option. Now you specify it---mostly likely because Apple charges $50 less than Dell for the upgrade.
Incidently, a Dell Inspiron 1720, which includes the Santa Rosa chipset, configured with a 2.4GHz processor, 2GB of memory, the identical 8600M graphics and WUXGA display, same hard drive, WiFi, bluetooth and webcam is $1974; a whopping $925 cheaper than your Apple. Your bullshit disgusts me.
Meanwhile, the Mac car didn't even have windows for the longest time. However, fairly recently the Mac car now can have windows installed aftermarket, which has been proven very popular amonst Mac car enthusists.
Seeing as neither of those exist in Australia,
Windows is a Ford Falcon, Ubuntu is a Mitsubishi Lancer and Apple is a Mazda 121 with a stereo and new coat of paint.
Calling someone a "hater" only means you can not rationally rebut their argument.
You must be pretty dumb, then. I was able to get Parallels to load a CD disk image, install Ubuntu on yet another disk image, and boot the Linux VM from that image several times.
In Repressive Burma, it's not just your connection that dies. slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=314547&cid=20819199